Combined hat and coat hook



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M. M. RAYMOND.

COMBINED HAT AND COAT HOOK.

No. 366,608.. Patented July 12, 1887.

l y N UNTTED STATES PATENT OEETCE.

MURRAY M. RAYMOND, OF OORRY, PENNSYLVANIA.

COMBINED vHAT AND COAT HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 366,608, dated Iniy 12,1887.

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To @ZZ whom, it 71mg/ concern.'

Be it known that I, MURRAY M. RAYMOND, a citizen of the United States, residing at Corry, in the county of Erie and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Hat and Coat Hooks; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

rIhisinvention relates to hat and coat hooks; and it consists in certain improvements in the construction of the same, as will be herein` after fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

My device is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, as follows:

Figure lis a front elevation. Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the line .c .fr in Fig. l. Fig. 8 is a horizontal section on the line i/g/ in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the saine line as in Fig. 3, showing the parts above.

The parts of the device are as follows, as appear by letters of reference on the drawing: a backing-block, A; a centrally-located screw, F, for securing said block to the wall or other place where the device is to be mounted; an

`iron plate, B, having corrugations b I and b,

forming grooves on its back; screws E E, for attaching said plate to the backing-block, two

coathooks, C C, which are embraced bythe.

grooves formed by the eorrngations b b in the plate B, and a hat-hook, D, which is embraced by the groove formed by thecorrngation b in the plate B, which hat-hook also terminates in coat-hook, d', below the plato B.

The construction is as follows: The backingblock A is preferably of wood, and is made round for convenience and ornamental effect. The object of this block is, first, as its name implies, a backing to which all the parts are secured; second, to give solidity to the device when attached to fragile walls, such as lathed and plastered walls; third, to give an ornamental and finished appearance to the device as a whole.

The plate B and hooks C O may be in one piece of casting, as shown in Fig. 4; but I prefer to make them as shown in the other gnres, first, because if cast in one piece the work of molding is d ifficnltand makes the castings more expensive, and, second, because when mad'e as shown the hooks are pivoted and the device can be packed for shipment in less space and is less liable to be broken, and it also adds convenience to the device for use to have the hooks pivoted so as to swing.

rlhe hathook D is made of wire (as also the hooks C may be) bent in the form shown in Fig. 2, and having a flat coil, d, at the top and a hook, d', at the bottom. This hook when in place is pivoted-that is, it is free to be turned from side to side, the same as the hooks C.

To attach the device to the wall, the plate B is removed from the block A, and the latter is attached to the wall by the screw F. Then the plate -is again attached to the block by the screws E. E, (the hooks being in place, as shown,) which pass through the block a little and enter the wall, so as to prevent the device turning on the central screw, F.

I am aware that hat-hooks and coat-hooks similar to these here shown are old and well known, and I therefore do not claim the same as my invention.

I am aware that many forms of combined coat and hat hooks have been made-as, for example, see Patents of the United States Nos. 92,400, 249,480, and 330,497, and German Patent No. 17,141, all of which constructions I disclaim as my invention.

What I claim as new isl. In a combined hat and coat hook, the combination, substantially as herein set forth, of the plate B, having the coat-hooks C at its ends andthe central groove on its back,and the hat-hook D, embraced by said central groove and supported by said plate.

2. In a combined hat and coat hook, the combination, substantially as herein set forth, of the plate B, having the coat-hooks C at its ends and the central groove on its back, and the hat-hook D, embraced by said central groove, and supported by said plate and terminating in a hook, d, below said plate.

3. In a combined hat and coat hook, the combination, substantially as set forth, of the plate B, having grooves on its back at the ends and in the middle, and hooks O C and D, embraced by and pivoted in said grooves and supported by said plate.

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ll. In a combined hat and coat hook, the Combination, substantially as set forth, of the `backing-block A, the` plate B, having a central groove ou its back and coat-hook C, connected with its ends, and the hat-hook D, em braced by said central groove and supported by said plate.

5. In a combined hat and coat hook, the combination, substantially as set forth, ofthe .ornamental backing-block vA, the plate B, having grooves on its back at each end and in the middle, and the hooks Q C and D, embraced, respectively, by said grooves and supported by said plate.

6. As an article of manufacture, a combined r 5 hat and coat hook, consisting of an ornamental backing-block, A, va hat-hook, D, having a at i coil, d, at its top and a hook, d', at its lower end, coat-hooks C C, and a supporting-plato having grooves on its back for 'embracing said 2o hooks, secured to said backing-block, substantially as set forth. v

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

MURRAY M. RAYMOND.

Vitnesses: 1

W. ED MARSH, L. HAMMOND. 

